# Does Ansible has limitations on number of hosts that can be executed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** ansible\ **Created:** [May 15, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-has-limitations-on-number-of-hosts-that-can-be-executed/42693 "2025-05-15T21:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wcrowell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wcrowell/32/8463_2.png) [@wcrowell](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wcrowell)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-has-limitations-on-number-of-hosts-that-can-be-executed/42693/1 "2025-05-15T21:47:28Z")
Does Ansible has limitations on number of hosts that can be executed? ---
**Author:** ![bvitnik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bvitnik/32/4132_2.png) [@bvitnik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bvitnik)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-has-limitations-on-number-of-hosts-that-can-be-executed/42693/2 "2025-05-15T22:38:04Z")
I think there is no hard coded limit. More hosts means more memory consumed by Ansible. Each host has a set of variables and facts for which memory space is allocated. Number of parallel Ansible processes, and thus CPU cores used, can be controlled by `-f` parameter. That being said, control node resources are the only limit. For extra large number of hosts, AWX supports distributed scalable Ansible invocation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/does-ansible-has-limitations-on-number-of-hosts-that-can-be-executed/42693/3 "2025-06-14T22:38:20Z")
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